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The origin of Caritas Slovakia is similar to that of other national Caritas organisations. It was formed by uniting various fragmented and uncoordinated Church-organised charitable activities into a single, cohesive organisation with a national headquarter and regional branches within different Catholic dioceses.
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Israel, [a] officially the State of Israel, [b] is a country in West Asia. It is situated in the Southern Levant of the Middle East ; and shares borders with Lebanon and Syria to the north, the West Bank and Jordan to the east, the Gaza Strip and Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. [ 21 ]
The kris or keris [n 1] is a Javanese asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (pamor). [8] The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although many have straight blades as well, and is one of the weapons commonly used in the pencak silat martial art ...
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The history of the Jews in Vietnam begins in the 19th century.Jews are a minor ethno-religious group in Vietnam, consisting of only about 300 people as of 2007. [1] Although Jews have been present in Vietnam and Judaism has been practiced since the late 19th century, most adherents have been, and remain today, expatriates, with few to no native Vietnamese converts.
Nguồn - possibly Mường group, officially classified as a Việt (Kinh) group by the government, Nguồn themselves identify with Việt ethnicity; their language is a member of the Viet–Muong branch of the Vietic sub-family. Sui (Người Thủy) - officially classified as Pa Then people.
Keris bahari evolved from the original kris, which is a dagger. As men fought, they needed a weapon with greater reach, and kris became longer and heavier. Two forms then evolved: The first is rapier kris (keris bahari), and the second is broadsword kris . Because the blade became longer, the handle had to be straightened to balance it. [1]